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Solo and Small Firms

Oct. 19, 2012

Law school graduates increasingly pursuing small firm jobs

An oversaturated legal jobs market and dwindling career prospects in the sour economy increasingly have led recent law school graduates to aggressively seek employment at small firms.


By Ryne Hodkowski


Daily Journal Staff Writer


At a recent hiring call for an open legal secretary post at his 21-attorney Los Angeles firm, partner Michael N. Schonbuch noticed an interesting phenomenon: Of 40 applicants for the position, more than half were recent law school graduates or lawyers. But the scene at Daniels Fine Israel Schonbuch & Lebovits LLP is far from unique. An oversaturated legal jobs market and dwindling career prospects in the...

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